October 28, 2012 Personal Ethics Ethics is a systematic study of and reflection on morality (Purtilo). It assists individuals to differentiate between choices given in a situation. The author of this paper will examine how her personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to worldview and philosophy of nursing, how these values shape or influence nursing practice, how they conflicts with obligation to practice, while defining values, moral and ethics. Many individuals go through
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ongoing debate on subjects such as health care reform, ethical dilemmas, and ideals regarding nursing as a profession. Those debating the issue are generally passionate about their stance on regarded topics. Some teeter or straddle the fence, while others have no opinion or just do not care. The view of nurses in the workforce has fueled discussions on how nursing is categorized in terms of perception: Is nursing an occupation or is it a profession? In the Oxford Dictionary (US) online (2014), the word
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population exhibits unparalleled sociocultural and ethnic diversity, yet the nursing workforce fails to reflect the current state of the nation’s diversity. According to Clark, Calvillo, Fongwa, Kools, Dela Cruz, Lowe, and Mastel-Smith (2011) non-Hispanic Whites constitute 83.2% of the nursing workforce, although Hispanics, African Americans, American Indians, Asians, and other ethnic groups remain underrepresented. Nursing faces the challenge to meet the health care needs of such a culturally diverse
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Reflection on Diversity I was 17 years old when my parents decide to move to Argentina. I went to this country went I was about to finish my senior in high school. Going to Argentina at that age was very difficult. I did not have friends or family there. I knew that making friends would be challenging because I did not know anyone there. I was very shy and I struggled to communicate with people even that we speak the same language the culture is totally different. I had to enroll in an ongoing high
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commitment is to the person, whether an individual, family, group, or community. • 3. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient. • 4. The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimum patient care. • 5. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety
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EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK USAGE TO STUDY HABITS AMONG NCM 105 NURSING STUDENTS OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY A Research Proposal Presented to: FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSING OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY QUEZON CITY CAMPUS By: Carlo A. Silvestre Lyka Vain T. Jacinto Dyan Elenita C. Rafael Christian G. Casuncad Vina C. Custorio Sarah S. Cali (January 2011) CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM: ITS RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND Introduction Social networking websites are currently being used
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The following report was written by a private consultant hired to examine the issues being experienced by Delmar General Hospital with their nursing staff. The report begins with a discussion of nursing, moves on to an overview of motivational theories, as well as stress and its effects on motivation. The issues occurring within this hospital with their nursing staff will be reviewed and interpreted by the private consultant. The private consultant will then conclude with a discussion of her final
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Concept Comparison and Analysis Jo Ann Tyler Green NUR/513 10/15/2012 Michelle Johnson Concept Comparison and Analysis The concept, quality of life, as used in nursing theories, is presented in a historically situated context. This approach to concept analysis was selected to illuminate the subjective, contextual, and fluid nature of the concept. Based on this review, quality of life is defined as an intangible, subjective perception of one’s lived experience. From a review of Peplau’s, Rogers’
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have to make clear and logical ethical choices of their own. These ethical choices are generally inspired by ethical doctrines that include beneficence, confidentiality, autonomy, fidelity, veracity, and other (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2008, p53). Nursing is a noble profession and I enjoy most about being a nurse is simply caring, helping and nurturing people. In addition, I also thank God for giving me this opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, whether that is done by providing care
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required in the nursing profession, as well as the importance of maintaining these elite level communication skills. In addition, this paper also includes a comparison between two minority authors that argue for the importance of their respective Chicana and black, “native tongues “. The pros and cons of their arguments is contrasted against authors’ Allen, Chapman, O’Connor and Francis (2007), whom address the significance of language and writing within the area of professional nursing that upholds
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